London vid Bombay, 19th April.
It is stated at St. Petersburg that there is only a distance of six hundred yards between the Japanese outposts and the most advanced Russian outposts on the islands in the Yalu.—Reuter.
Tokio, 19th April Jnpan's military preparations are steadily proceeding and the Japanese military spirit in North Corea is running high.
The abattis, the wire entangle-
Later.
The fire at the Palace at Seoul is believed. to be due to incendiarism.—Special telegram.
Later.
The fire at_ the Corean palace last night continued for two hours. All the treasures it contained were lost.
The Emperor is staying in a foreign building, which is the only portion not destroyed.
It is such an unprecedented catastrophe that the Government and people are extremely perturbed.—Our own correspondent.
L6th April.
The loss by the fire at the palace at Seoul is estimated at four million yen.
The Emperor wishes to rebuild it immediately, and a committee for this purpose ha: already been appointed—Our own correspondent a i London; 16th April.
The fire at the Imperial Palace at Seoul raged all night. The Emperor ments, and the mines laid by the with his family soa French Russians on the right bank of the sailors extinguished the flames—Ke-Yalu are rej ded by the Japanese oysive service. as child's play—Our own corres-In order to contradict the rumours of incendiarism at Seoul we are
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